Soft-collar support



- V. H. FAlRLES-S.

S OFT COLLAR SUPPORT. APPLICATION FILED OCT 12, 1920.

-1 ,37s,773. Patented May 17,1921

I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

'FICTOR H. FAIRLESS, 0F TRENTON, TENNESSEE.

' SOFT-COLLAR surron'r.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May '17, 1921.

Application filed October 12, 1920. Serial No. 416,368.

T 0 all whom it'may concern:

particularly refers to an improved supporting device forholding soft or other collars in erect and proper positions in display cases and further for receiving and holding name and price tickets in association with the various collars on display.

Attempts to display soft collars in cases in the manner proposed with stiff collars usually proves very unsatisfactory because of the tendency ofv the collars to droop and fall out of shape Whichdetracts from their appearance It is an object of the invention to provide an inexpensive, convenient and invisible means of supporting, in a natural position, a soft collar of any size or form in a standard display case.

Another object of the invention resides in providing an improved ticket holder for showing name and price of the collar which has become a very desirable feature because of the many varieties of collars and the large range of prices.

Although the invention is more particularly adapted for use in connection with soft collars it will be understood that it may be employed to support starched collars, especially for display in outside cases where the atmosphere soon causes the deterioration of the starch and the collar to gradually droop into an unnatural position.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the inventionwill be more fully described in connection with the accompanying drawings and will be more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings, in which like reference symbols designate like or corresponding parts throughout the several views,

Figure 1 is a perspective of a collar with an improved support in position within the same.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the improved support removed from the collar.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 3-3 in Fig. 2, and

Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken on the line H also in Fig. '2. I

Referring more particularly to the drawlngs, wherein one embodiment only of the invention is illustrated, 1 designates generally a soft or othercollar of any particular style and slze, it being a double collar having the inner and outer folds between which the necktie is customarily placed.

The front of the collar is provided with flaps 2 held together by the button 3.

In accordance with the invention a support is placed between the inner and outer folds of the collar 1 and near the upper end thereof where the folds meet in order to sustain the collar in an upright position and prevent it from drooping especially under heavy atmospheric conditions. This support preferably takes the form of a thin round wire 4 of spring metal having one end 5' terminating near but short of the front.

opening ofv the collar. The intermediate portlon of the wire 4 which is located at theback of the collar is looped downwardly to'provide a pair of parallel bars 6 and engaged at their lower ends by a coupling piece 8 which is also fashioned from the single strand of which the wire 4 is made 7 receive the curled-over edges 9 and 10 of a plate 11 of tin or other suitable material which is of a bendable character to allow of its edges being engaged with the bars in the manner best shown in Figs. 2 and 4. The upper ends of the plate 11 is bent down overlapping a portion of the plate as indicated at 12 and is provided to engage with standard fittings or clips to be found in display cases. The portion 12 of the plate constitutes a flap which is bendable in either direction as may be required to fit the varying character of the clips.

The opposite end of the wire 4 is provided with a double looped construction in.

which an upper loop 13 bent at right angles from the general circle of the wire is adapted to engage with the upper edge of the rear flap 2 of the collar, it being concealed collar as appears in Fig. 1. The extremity 16 of the wire at that portion is bent outwardly or is flared in order to form with the curved part 17 of the loop 13- a pair of divergent jaws to guide the ticket 15 into the loop. Ihe flap 12 in combination with the plate 11 at the rear of the collar will receive the clips by which the collar is supported and will so sustainthe collar that all lateral movement will be prevented. The wire 4: will be so shaped as to give the proper contour to the collar and it will also be so arranged as to have a tendency to spring together at its free ends once the collar has been buttoned and properly adjusted whereby the collar will be held in the desired close-fitting position rather than f being stretched apart into a distorted shape. The loops 18 and 14; at the forward part of the collar are carefully concealed by the flaps 2, the price ticket only being visible.

I desire it to be understood that various changes may be made in the size, form and proportion of the various parts provided such changes are within the spirit of the invention and within the terms or" the appended claims.v

What is claimed is: 1. A collar support comprising a supporting member extending about within the folds of a collar 'at the upper closed portion of the same and having divided ends at the front portion of the collar, said support at one divided end provided with a cli removable fitting over the top portion of the tabs of the collar, the intermediate portion of the supporting member at the rear of the collar being formed into a pair of substantially parallel bars extending downwardly and being secured together by a coupling piece at their lower ends, a plate connecting to said parallel bars and having a bendable portion adapted to engage with a support, substantially as described.

2. An improved collar support comprising a spring wire having divided ends bent into substantially circular form and adapted to fit between the folds of a double collar at the upper closed portion of the same, the intermediate portion of the wire at the back of the collar being oflset downwardly to provide a pair of spaced apartand substantially parallel bars with a coupling piece connecting the bars at their lower ends, a plate having edges curled about said parallel bars and provided with a bendable portion adapted to engage with a support, one of the free ends of the wire at the front portion of the collar being bent at substantially right angles to the circle of the wire and extending inwardly thereof, said inwardly bent free end being formed into a clip with a mouth opening downwardly adapted to slip over the upper edges of the tabs of thecollar, said free end of the wire being further bent into a substantially U-shape to form a second clip lying inwardly of the first clip and having its mouth opening upwardly and concealed by the collar tabs, substantially as described.

VICTOR H. FAIRLESS. 

